Quotes about Trust
Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”
— Genesis 29:19
and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.
— Genesis 31:5
And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
— Genesis 31:7
Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”
— Genesis 31:16
I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.
— Genesis 31:38
If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
— Genesis 31:50
When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
— Genesis 32:6
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
— Genesis 32:11
He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”
— Genesis 32:16
Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
— Genesis 33:1
Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
— Genesis 38:11
“I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it.”
— Genesis 38:17